Originally Posted by CycloneErik 
I don't remember USC's bowl game, but it sure seemed like USC-Georgia would have been fun, with lots of chips and lots of shoulders.
Yeah, well I do remember it - ala Georgia they decided to make an example out of hapless Illinois. Now I tend to like Illinois simply because they're one of Iowa's real rivals (not imaginary Michigan/OSU/PSU rivalries that they like to trumpet up), but of course they belonged in the BCS even less than Hawaii did. Really, if they wanted to do it right, they would have done USC-Georgia and Illinois-Hawaii. However, with the Rose Bowl demanding that it stick to its "so-called" tradition...
